# I just scored 4 hardcover Calvin & Hobbes collections for $4.50 apiece!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-scored-4-hardcover-calvin-hobbes-collections-for-4-50-apiece/537893>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 30, 2010, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-scored-4-hardcover-calvin-hobbes-collections-for-4-50-apiece/537893 "2010-04-30T19:40:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-scored-4-hardcover-calvin-hobbes-collections-for-4-50-apiece/537893/1 "2010-04-30T19:40:41Z")

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Marked down to $9.00, and my campus bookstore had 'em on the 50% off table!

_The Essential…_, _The Authoritative…_, and _The Indispensable Calvin & Hobbes_, plus _Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat_.

I lost all my old C&H books in a move at some time or other.

Guess what I’m doing tonight! Score!

🆒

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**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-scored-4-hardcover-calvin-hobbes-collections-for-4-50-apiece/537893/2 "2010-04-30T19:44:56Z")

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The entire series can be read online [here](http://www.marcellosendos.ch/comics/ch/) if there are gaps in anyone’s collection.

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-scored-4-hardcover-calvin-hobbes-collections-for-4-50-apiece/537893/3 "2010-04-30T20:15:13Z")

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I hate you.

🙂

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**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-scored-4-hardcover-calvin-hobbes-collections-for-4-50-apiece/537893/4 "2010-04-30T20:58:57Z")

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Oh. Oh oh oh. What a find! This is me, green with envy —\> 😛

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**Author:** ![In\_Winnipeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a8b319/32.png) [@In\_Winnipeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/In_Winnipeg)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-scored-4-hardcover-calvin-hobbes-collections-for-4-50-apiece/537893/5 "2010-04-30T21:02:26Z")

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Excellent find. Good for you!